Meeker/Watkins Lab

We are the @meekerlab Environmental Exposure and Epidemiology Lab @umichsph, focused on reproductive, maternal, and child health

[University of Michigan School of Public Health @umichsph]

Consumer Reports states plastic chemicals being found in varying foods - @UMichSPH prof John Meeker talks "Phthalates," a group of chemicals used to make plastics more durable. On @CBSNews https://t.co/NxNkdexXx9

[Meeker/Watkins Lab @meekerlab]

#UMich_EHS is having another great day at #ISEE2022!

[Meeker/Watkins Lab @meekerlab]

Excited to be at #ISEE2022 in person with #UMich_EHS
colleagues and students, Shannon Park, Jessa Ehlinger, @cathey__amber, Ram Siwakoti, Savannah Sturla, @debjwatkins

[University of Michigan @UMich]

In a recent @NIH-funded study, researchers from @UMichSPH, @UCSF, & other institutions discovered a significant increase in exposure to chemicals among pregnant women. They also found that women of color & of lower socioeconomic status had higher exposure. https://t.co/TWwX8llZqD

[The Dr. Amber Cathey @cathey__amber]

Check out the latest work from the @meekerlab, by postdoc Christine Kim, showing significant associations between #metals exposure and matrix metalloproteinases during pregnancy
https://t.co/sC0xTxqyQd @PROTECT_SRP @umichsph @JDMeekerUM @debjwatkins @BhramarBioStat

[Max Aung, PhD, MPH @max_aung]

Our prepint is now published in @JExpSciEnvEpi! We report #lipidomic signatures associated with #phthalate exposures during pregnancy in the @PROTECT_SRP cohort. Lipid-mediated mechanisms may be an important link for downstream health outcomes!
https://t.co/tMxhmB2ygo

[The Dr. Amber Cathey @cathey__amber]

I'm very excited to share the third aim of my doctoral dissertation showing #hormones mediate the association between #phthalate #mixtures and timing of delivery in #PROTECT @meekerlab @max_aung @umichsph @BhramarBioStat @PROTECT_SRP https://t.co/MWaa1oDCEC

[John Meeker @JDMeekerUM]

Learn more about our impact on the world on 2021 https://t.co/fNT70cXXf1

[PROTECT @PROTECT_SRP]

Amber Cathey (@cathey__amber) has been working with PROTECT for five years, participating in and now leading research projects on environmental epidemiology. Read about her journey with PROTECT and environmental health in this month's trainee spotlight: https://t.co/gugZITBlu4

[Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH @TraceyJWoodruff]

Such an honor to be asked to speak on @AgentschangeEJ podcast with @max_aung and @amizota

And so important to be talking about equitable policy change to protect health and address environmental injustices.

[University of Michigan School of Public Health @umichsph]

A recent @umichsph study linked a chemical widely used in herbicide with preterm births. @JDMeekerUM, professor of Environmental Health Sciences, sat down with @WEMU891 to discuss the findings.

Listen 🔊 https://t.co/VvemS9d8S9

[Meeker/Watkins Lab @meekerlab]

Widely used herbicide linked to preterm births https://t.co/6YwOPg9VKi

[Max Aung, PhD, MPH @max_aung]

In the @PROTECT_SRP cohort, we explored #lipidomic signatures of pregnancy outcomes and find free fatty acids as important predictors of preterm birth, which complements our previous findings with #eicosanoids
https://t.co/OqnSrtncVC

[Meeker/Watkins Lab @meekerlab]

Amazing breadth and depth in this morning’s dissertation defense by @PahriyaAshrap. Congratulations!

[Meeker/Watkins Lab @meekerlab]

Excellent work by @max_aung on handling the analysis of complex mixtures. #exposome #meekerlab

[Max Aung, PhD, MPH @max_aung]

Our new study in @EHPonline explores statistical methods for single and grouped mixtures analyses for an extensive panel of exposures and endogenous biomarkers! We recommend the need to apply multiple methods to get the full #exposome picture
https://t.co/JLVtURRRhI

[Meeker/Watkins Lab @meekerlab]

Our recent findings among children in Mexico City suggest that essential and non-essential metals have the potential to disrupt the onset and progression of puberty via interrupting the critical hormonal pathways.
https://t.co/qyaZwZstRi

[Meeker/Watkins Lab @meekerlab]

Our latest @PROTECT paper characterizing associations of #metal and oxidative stress #biomarkers:
https://t.co/DpL3yeLFPm

[Meeker/Watkins Lab @meekerlab]

In our recent @env_int_journal paper collaborating with @ZorimarN we explored the relationships between metals and prenatal sex-steroid hormones. https://t.co/d0L9a7TH7S